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KIRKUK, Iraq, Nov. 15 (Xinhua) -- Five Iraqi policemen were killed and
two wounded in separate insurgent attacks on Tuesday, police said.
"Two policemen were killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb
struck a police patrol in al-Askeri district in Kirkuk," Colonel Burhan
Habib from Kirkuk police told Xinhua by telephone.
In a separate incident, gunmen ambushed a police commando patrol in the
oil-rich city, some 250 km north of Baghdad, killing three commando members
and wounding another, he said.
Insurgents frequently target Iraqi police and government officials in a
bid to topple the US-backed government.
two wounded in separate insurgent attacks on Tuesday, police said.
"Two policemen were killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb
struck a police patrol in al-Askeri district in Kirkuk," Colonel Burhan
Habib from Kirkuk police told Xinhua by telephone.
In a separate incident, gunmen ambushed a police commando patrol in the
oil-rich city, some 250 km north of Baghdad, killing three commando members
and wounding another, he said.
Insurgents frequently target Iraqi police and government officials in a
bid to topple the US-backed government.